California woman in coma gives birth to baby boy

May 23, 2014 1:19 PM

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Melissa Carleton has been in a coma since March when a seizure caused by a brain tumor left her unconscious. On Thursday, the first-time mom gave birth to a healthy baby boy. 'I can't begin to tell you how happy we are,' baby West's grandfather said.

Doctors at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center delivered Melissa Carleton's son, West Nathaniel Lande, by C-section while the first-time Fresno mom was still in a coma. A seizure left her unconscious in March, Fresno's ABC 30 reported.